Practice Accountant
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- 2023 – Qualified ACCA
- 2015 Anglia Ruskin University- Marketing and Innovation
- 2007 University College of Advanced Technology- Certified Accounting Technician
- 2004 Syed College (Pakistan)- O Level in Accounts, Economics, Business Studies
- The City School- ACCA (Present)
Systems used
- Excel
- Moneysoft
- TaxCalc
- SAGE
- Xero
- Digita Personal
- CCH
- MB Practice Manager
- QuickBooks
Career Summary
Current Employer – Consultancy Services (now works remotely as based in Essex0
Position – Semi Senior Accountant
Dates – October 2021 – Present
- Responsible for preparing accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies
- Personal Self-Assessment tax returns and Corporation Tax returns
- Quarterly VAT returns
- Payroll processing
- Bookkeeping and bank reconciliations
- Consulting with clients for the resolution of any issues
- Reviewing accounts files, tax returns and VAT returns for incorporated and unincorporated businesses
- Passing the accounts and tax return with associated tax computations to the partner for final review
- Provides detailed analysis of client tax positions to the partner with advice
- Managing a wide range of clients across various sectors and ensuring that the jobs are completed well before the due dates and ensuring they meet the client’s expectations
- Resolves queries from the client and provides professional and technical advice
- Manages the clients independently and provides advice on their day-to-day business affairs and manages financial records
- Consulting with HMRC regarding tax affairs
- Managing the Payroll Department, implementing the processes to improve the productivity and effectiveness of the department to include implementation of auto enrolment for the clients
- Performing business valuations and providing detailed basis of the valuation
- Conducting the company secretarial works such as buy back of own shares and advising clients on stamp duty
- Advising clients on incorporating the company, closure of company, VAT registration and deregistration, tax efficient ways of extraction of profits from the company, sole trader vs Ltd company analysis
- Ensures that jobs are completed within the available budgets
- Drafting the invoice for the work done and sending it to the partner for final review and approval to be sent to the client
- Advising the management on potential improvements in the systems and processes to gain efficiency
- Training and overseeing the work of junior staff members and providing feedback to the junior staff members
Previous Employer – Law Firm
Position – Senior Accountant
Dates – March 2016 – December 2022
- Maintained the company’s Accounts and Director Self-Assessment
- Assisted in audit of files for year-end audits
- Prepared files for audit purpose
- Prepared accounts for sole traders
- Managed the business bank account
- Consulted with clients and coming to result
Previous Employer – Practice Accountants
Position – Senior Accountant
Dates – April 2012 – February 2016
- Prepared accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies
- Personal Self-Assessment tax returns / Corporation Tax returns /Quarterly VAT returns
- Payroll processing
- Assisted auditors during the audit process at year end
- Bookkeeping and bank reconciliations
- Internal Auditor of one their biggest clients
- Occasional visits to clients
- Collaborated with the team in designing new and effective internal control procedures to reduce the chances of error and fraud
- Promoted as an acting supervisor in absence of our supervisor
Previous Employer – Legal Solicitors
Position – Accountant
Dates – August 2011 – August 2011
- Daily updating client Ledgers
- Maintained petty cash
- Prepared monthly salary statement and salary disbursement
- Collection and verification of bank interest and bank charges
- Rechecked and preparing our monthly sales report
- Prepared MIS report
- Submission of monthly reports to Finance Manager
- Maintained employees leave record and personal file
